''Moroccan Ladies'' ( ''women'', ) is a monthly women's magazine published in Arabic, English, and French in

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History and profile

''Moroccan Ladies'' was first published in November 1995. The magazine is published by the Moroccan publishing house Caractères and directed, together with ''Nissae'', by the Moroccan journalist Aïsha Zaïmi Sakhri, known for her strong support of

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

. Its first editor-in-chief was also Sakhri. The magazine has a large fashion and beauty section, besides other sections such as psychological advice aimed mainly at working women, advice for a more pleasurable sex life and, since 2004, a small section called 'celibattante', which translates loosely as 'unmarried and proud of it' breaks the taboo of considering sexual relations only inside the marriage framework. The monthly considers itself a

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

publication with a clear aim of changing the situation of women in the Moroccan society. The magazine covered critical articles in the 1990s on

sexual exploitation Sexual slavery and sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership rights, right over one or more people with the intent of Coercion, coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in Human sexual activity, sexual activities. This includ ...

domestic violence Domestic violence is violence that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes r ...

and

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at schools against women. In addition, the magazine offers long interviews with politicians, artists and activists and features articles that often criticize the

patriarchal Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term ''patriarchy'' is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in fem ...

aspects of society. ''Moroccan Ladies'' launched signature campaigns asking for legal reforms. It also sponsors ''Caftan'', an annual commercial fashion event. In 2007 each issue sold around 13.500 copies, which made it the most widely read monthly French language magazine in the country. It has an

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sister publication, ''Nissae Min Al Maghrib'', which sells more than twice as much. Other Moroccan women magazines include '' Citadine'' ("''Citizen''" founded in 1995, with 8.000 copies sold), ''Ousra'' ("''Family''", in Arabic) and ''Parade'', all of them published in French, and ''Citadine'' (Arabic version, around 5.600 copies sold), ''Lalla Fatima'' (around 34.000 copies), and ''Nissae Min Al Maghrib'' (around 36.000 copies), in Arabic language.

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